The Range Wall and Martini Henry Butts at Trevol Range
THE RANGE WALL AND MARTINI HENRY BUTTS AT TREVOL RANGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1162264
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Range Wall and Martini Henry Butts at Trevol Range
- Statutory Address:
- THE RANGE WALL AND MARTINI HENRY BUTTS AT TREVOL RANGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1162264
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Range Wall and Martini Henry Butts at Trevol Range
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE RANGE WALL AND MARTINI HENRY BUTTS AT TREVOL RANGE
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE RANGE WALL AND MARTINI HENRY BUTTS AT TREVOL RANGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Torpoint
- National Grid Reference:
- SX4223954309
Details
TORPOINT
SX 45 SW
6/336
H.M.S. RALEIGH
The range wall and Martini-Henry butts at Trevol Range
II
Range wall and Martini-Henry butts. Wall dated 1898, with later additions to wings; Martini-Henry butts of earlier date, probably circa 1880. Wall of snecked rockfaced limestone rubble, butts of random rubble with brick copings.
Range wall has splayed wing to each side. Martini-Henry butts to east have cover block to each end with walls between to front and rear.
Range wall is about 50 metres high and about 100 metres long, wings rebuilt and ramped down, giving additional protection against fire scatter.
Martini-Henry butts have rectangular roofless block to each end, connected by rear wall, with a segmental-headed opening to rear and to each side. Wall battered to rear with buttresses. Ditch between front and rear walls. Rear wall about 3 metres high.
The gun was designed by the Swiss, Frederich von Martini, with the barrel later modified by Alexander Henry of Edinburgh. The Martini-Henry rifle was adopted as the British service weapon in April, 1871. There would have been granite markers for firing into the butts at intervals of 150, 200, 300 and 400 yards.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 October 2018.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 61987
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Smith, WHB, The Small Arms of the World, (1960)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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